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Service Planning Areas (SPA)
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Los Angeles County, Service Planning Areas

Map of Los Angeles County Service Planning Areas


The County of Los Angeles County divides the county into eight Service Planning Areas (SPA), meant for organizing planning, statistical tracking, and providing health and social services.


Service Planning Area Population* Communities
1 - Antelope Valley 413,966 Acton, Agua Dulce, Anaverde, Del Sur, Desert View Highlands, Gorman, Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Lancaster, Leona Valley, Littlerock, Littlerock/Juniper Hills, Littlerock/Pearblossom, Llano, Palmdale, Palmdale Unincorporated, Pearblossom/Llano, Quartz Hill, Sun Village, West Antelope Valley, White Fence Farms
2 - San Fernando Valley 2,154,399 Agoura Hills, Arleta, Bouquet Canyon, Burbank, Calabasas, Canoga Park, Canyon Country Unincorporated, Castaic, Chatsworth, Encino, Glendale, Granada Hills, Kagel/Lopez Canyons, LA Cañada-Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose, Lake Balboa, Lake Manor, Lakeview Terrace, Mission Hills, North Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, Pacoima, Panorama City, Porter Ranch, Reseda Ranch, Reseda, San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica Mountains, Saugus Unincorporated, Shadow Hills, Sherman Oaks, Stevenson Ranch, Studio City, Sun Valley, Sunland, Sunrise Village, Sylmar, Tarzana, Toluca Lake, Toluca Woods, Tujunga, Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain, Val Verde, Valencia Unincorporated, Valley Glen, Valley Village, Van Nuys, West Hills, Westlake Village, Winnetka, Woodland Hills
3 - San Gabriel Valley 1,720,779 Alhambra, Altadena, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, Arcadia Unincorporated, Avocado Heights, Azusa, Azusa Unincorporated, Baldwin Park, Bassett, Bradbury, Claremont, Covina, Covina (Charter Oak), Covina Unincorporated, Diamond Bar, Duarte, Duarte Unincorporated, El Monte, Glendora, Hacienda Heights, Industry, Irwindale, La Puente, La Verne, La Verne Unincorporated, Monrovia, Monrovia Unincorporated, Monterey Park, Northeast San Gabriel, Pasadena, Pomona, Rosemead, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, San Gabriel, San Jose Hills, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South El Monte, South El Monte Unincorporated, South Pasadena, South San Gabriel, Temple City, Valinda, Walnut, West Covina, West Puente Valley
4 - Metro L.A. 1,090,182 Angelino Heights, Atwater Village, Boyle Heights, Carthay, Central City, Central, Chinatown, Cloverdale/Cochran, Country Club Park, Downtown L.A., Eagle Rock, East Hollywood, Echo Park, El Sereno, Elysian Park, Elysian Valley, Faircrest Heights, Glassell Park, Hancock Park, Harvard Heights, Highland Park, Historic Filipinotown, Hollywood Hills, Hollywood, Koreatown, Lafayette Square, Lincoln Heights, Little Armenia, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Longwood, Los Feliz, Melrose, Mid-City, Miracle Mile, Monterey Hills, Mt. Washington, Park La Brea, Pico-Union, Silverlake, South Carthay, St Elmo Village, Temple-Beaudry, Thai Town, University Hills, Victoria Park, Wellington Square, West Adams, West Hollywood, Westlake, Wholesale District, Wilshire Center
5 - West L.A. 648,902 Alsace, Bel Air, Beverly Crest, Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Brentwood, Cadillac-Corning, Cheviot Hills, Crestview, Culver City, Del Rey, Ladera Heights, Malibu, Mandeville Canyon, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Marina Peninsula, Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highlands, Palms, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Rancho Park, Regent Square, Reynier Village, Santa Monica, Venice, West LA Unincorporated, West Los Angeles, Westchester, Westwood
6 - South L.A. 991,811 Adams-Normandie, Athens Village, Athens-Westmont, Baldwin Hills, Century Palms/Cove, Compton, Crenshaw, East Rancho Dominguez, Exposition Park, Exposition, Figueroa Park Square, Florence-Firestone, Florence-Firestone, Gramercy Place, Green Meadows, Harbor Gateway, Harvard Park, Hyde Park, Jefferson Park, Leimert Park, Lynwood, Paramount, Rosewood, Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez, South Park, University Park, Vermont Knolls, Vermont Square, Vermont Vista, Vernon Central, View Heights, View Park/Windsor Hills, Watts, West Rancho Dominguez, West Vernon, Willowbrook
7 - East L.A. County 1,258,726 Artesia, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Cerritos, City Terrace, Commerce, Cudahy, Downey, East La Mirada, East Los Angeles, East Whittier, Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, Lakewood, Los Nietos, Maywood, Montebello, North Whittier, Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Signal Hill, South Gate, South Whittier, Vernon, Walnut Park, West Whittier/Los Nietos, Whittier, Whittier Narrows, Whittier Unincorporated/td>
8 - South Bay & Harbor 1,513,402 Inglewood, La Rambla, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Long Beach, Manchester Square, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Dominguez, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro, Santa Catalina Island, Torrance, West Carson, Wilmington, Wiseburn

* 2022, population estimates for SPAs, prepared by Los Angeles County
† Unincorporated community
‡ Community within the City of Los Angeles